Yelp is an online review service that gathers information about local businesses. It has joined forces with the abortion activists to try to discredit crisis pregnancy centers, and direct those who are pregnant to more abortion-centric clinics.
Axios reports this morning that users will see disclaimers regarding crisis pregnancy centers in the app when they search for pregnancy services and care.
Starting today, Yelp will add a consumer notice to both faith-based and non-faith-based crisis pregnancy centers noting that they “provide limited medical services and may not have licensed medical professionals onsite.”
It’s the latest in a series of moved Yelp has made since 2018, when CEO Jeremy Stoppelman directed the company to make sure crisis pregnancy centers were differentiated from abortion clinics in the company’s listings.
Following the DobbsThe Supreme Court’s decision, and the Left has responded to this overturning Roe v. WadeThese centers provide medical assistance and support to patients.
These centers have also been the target of domestic terror attacks from a group called “Jane’s Revenge,” ranging from vandalism to full-blown arson.
Democratic politicians have levied claims that these centers are “misleading,” as many of them don’t give patients options for abortion. Instead, these centers offer assistance, supplies and support for pregnant women with unplanned pregnancies. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been a very vocal critic, even demanding that the government “put a stop” to them.
Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren: “We need to put a stop” to crisis pregnancy centers “right now.” pic.twitter.com/PzhBe21AGk
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Yelp’s VP of User Operations has joined in the smear of these clinics.
“After learning about the misleading nature of crisis pregnancy centers back in 2018, I’m grateful Yelp stands behind these efforts to provide consumers with access to reliable information about reproductive health services,” Noorie Malik, Yelp’s VP of user operations, told Axios in an e-mail interview.
“It has always felt unjust to me that there are clinics in the U.S. that provide misleading information or conduct deceptive tactics to steer pregnant people away from abortion care if that’s the path they choose to take,” Malik said.
Axios supports the decision as well as the lies. Ina Fried, the writer of the piece, goes on to say “Just noting that crisis pregnancy centers provide limited medical services doesn’t address all the criticisms around such facilities.”
It is strange that there has not been any input from any crisis pregnancy centers in the story. There are no comments from them or any indications that they were sought.
However, this is the latest step in the tech world to push for increased awareness of the “virtues” of abortion and a great push to restrict any rhetoric from the anti-abortion movement. Google and YouTube are working to reel in anti-abortion content on their platforms, and the Axios piece notes that “Meta has come under fire for improperly flagging certain keywords, including the names of some abortion-inducing medications.”